Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.
A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.